How Great We Aren't

We love to puff ourselves up and pretend the mighty US military can never be whupped. And while that may be true now (and no, it isn't - everybody can get beat), we've been in so many scraps, big and small, just in the 236 years of our current state of existence, that we're kinda prone to skip over the "little ones" so we can brag about how we're undefeated.

Don't get me wrong. I'm plenty proud of the skills and the courage of Americans who've stepped up and served - the ones who fought and bled and died, and the ones who watched and waited.

But once in a while, historical reality walks up and spits on my shoes in order to remind me that the badassery of "the enemy" is not to be dismissed.

Little Turtle's War & St Clair's Defeat

Overall USA record:

• 89 wins
• 14 losses
• 16 ties
• 6 ongoing - TBD